Saw this video about the crisis in healthcare a few days ago, and while its not directly about costs I feel it needs to be seen.

This talk of “2009" puzzles me because I’m pretty sure pop culture willed Grimes into existence sometime in the last two years, because she fundamentally did not exist 24 months ago.

I’m wise to your Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius-style schemes, Jezebel-and-pop-culture-at-large. It’s not working now, and it won’t work…

It still feels like someone asking why people haven’t abandoned Friendster for MySpace. Is that... really the nearest culturally-relevant public-forum-type website you think of?

He will, though.

Although admittedly this only because with his dementia every morning is his first, and in those first crucial minutes of confusion between waking and sleep his nearest and dearest(a recording he made of himself during one of his more lucid days - just think Total Rectal). remind him that being an…

Who needs it when there’s... 4chan.

“I don’t understand why anyone would want an ancient relic like a twenty-year-old car” says puzzled man who owns, drives nineteen-year old car.

“I have befriended the entire generation of generals who made a complete fucking hash of Iraq and received zero discommendation for it: no one is better-poised than I to continue the status quo vis-a-vis never holding the Pentagon accountable for failure. Next up I’d like to introduce my policy advisors Henry…

Well, I’m sorry. I thought we were exchanging completely ridiculous clown-centred insults in the spirt of silly banter, but apparently not. Guess I’ll take my Pagliacci deep cuts and go home.

That’s so like him, always willing to help the unfortunate in need. You know, he’s frequently told me the story of how your family’s distinctive clowning methods inspired him to join the profession. Whenever we’re in Somsert he drags me to Clowns Gallery-Museum and points out the wing in the Clown Egg Register devoted…

The reason this theory doesn’t work is that it would be surprising and unexpected in a positive way.

That never happens in Game of Thrones. Finale and book alike will be a non-stop parade of misery, depravity, and ‘mature storytelling means everything but constant tragedy is unrealistic.’

You will be surprised, but…

“Who and what now?” is such a tired take but man am I perpetually reminded that I don’t know the pop culture landscape as extensively as I think I do.

Autobots: Roll Out!

... sorry, I panicked.

Really hit a nerve, didn’t I?

Oh, shit - must have scrolled right by it. I just assumed Kinja had engaged in an entirely new and interesting form of fucking with comments.

Is this something anybody wants?

Why are these two posts being displayed on the Jezebel article about Mama June being arrested for drug possession?

I was going to get pissed at the Gizmodo Menu once again dragging up some ancient article because its algorithm suggests people still need trivial gossip from 2014 but no it turns out this is from yesterday, god-damn.

I can’t drink. Not ‘won’t,’ not ‘don’t,’ not ‘consciously abstains for the sake of moral sanctimony’ - can’t. Can not. For health reasons that are not now nor ever will be anyone’s business but my own.

Anyways, thank you for demonstrating my point so completely. I am sure the next person in my condition will equally…

Man, why haven’t I demanded control of the guest list at every party I’ve ever been invited to or attended? Seriously, though, I’ve spent my entire life enduring drinkers trying to make me feel bad for not drinking, but thus far it’s failed to work.

Nothing makes people more defensive than not joining them in getting…

Arrrgh!

On one hand gamers, collectively, are the worst, and the die-hards fans are the ones most likely to spew disgusting hate-filled bile, driving people of social media because for them criticism is synonymous with racism, sexism, ableism, and all other forms of person attacks, up to and including death threats and…

No.

Because the thing about having to be the sober one is that you have nothing impairing your ability to notice that people who weren’t funny sober don’t magically become funny when drunk, they just think they do.